Sloping earthen roof tops Sekiyuan waiting area by Kurosawa Kawara-Ten
Local studio Kurosawa Kawara-Ten has completed a waiting area for the Sekiyuan tea room in Chiba, Japan, sheltering…
Researchers say ancient eruption led to Zao’s ‘snow monsters’
YAMAGATA–Winter in Japan’s northern Tohoku region is often cast as a surreal spectacle concerning the Zao mountain range where countless…
Japan needs to take away China’s power to ‘weaponize’ rare earths: finance minister
Interview Exclusive: Katayama envisions creating market of democracies with US, Europe Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said China’s…
Vermeer’s ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ will head to Japan this summer in rare loan – The Art Newspaper
In a surprise move, the Mauristhuis, yesterday announced that it will lend its most famous work to the…
China CPI, Hang Seng Index, Kospi, Nikkei 225
19 November 2025, China, Shanghai: Boats sail past downtown Shanghai on the Huangpu River. The tallest building on…
Why Southeast Asia’s online scam industry is so hard to shut down
KUALA LUMPUR–Cambodia’s arrest and extradition of a powerful tycoon accused of running a vast online scam network marks a rare strike against…
Nikkei 225, Hang Seng Index
SHENZHEN, CHINA – AUGUST 26: An aerial view of the Shenzhen skyline on August 26, 2020 in Shenzhen,…
How World Cup champion Mario Götze built a parallel career as an angel investor
DOHA, QATAR – NOVEMBER 23: Mario Götze of Germany during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group E…
One Of The Best-Selling Mangas In 2026 Is AI-Generated
We are less than a week into 2026, and it’s already shaping up to be a horrible year.…
Tropical hardwood and reinforced concrete form House in Minami-Azabu
Architect Keiji Ashizawa saw the planning process as “solving a puzzle” when creating this house in central Tokyo,…
Large metal roof tops off-grid home on Japanese island by Sakai Architects
A large corrugated metal roof topped by a triangular skylight shelters the timber-lined interiors of Amami House, an…
A Massive Underground Sphere Is Trying to Catch the Universe’s Ghosts—and Reveal New Physics
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) is on the…